2007 Cricket World Cup - 1st Semi-Final: Sri Lanka vs New Zealand
{{date|April 24, 2007}}

[[w:Sri Lanka national cricket team|Sri Lanka]] have progressed to the final of the [[w:2007 Cricket World Cup|2007 Cricket World Cup]]. They posted 289-5 in their 50 overs against [[w:New Zealand cricket team|New Zealand]] in the first semi-final at [[w:Sabina Park|Sabina Park]], [[w:Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]], [[w:Jamaica|Jamaica]]. Captain [[w:Mahela Jayawardene|Mahela Jayawardene]] made his maiden century of the World Cup, making 115*, whilst [[w:Upul Tharanga|Upul Tharanga]] reached 73 before being bowled by Vettori.

In response, New Zealand struggled to 32/2, losing captain [[w:Stephen Fleming|Stephen Fleming]] for just 1 and [[w:Ross Taylor|Ross Taylor]] soon after for 9. [[w:Scott Styris|Scott Styris]] and [[w:Peter Fulton|Peter Fulton]] began rebuilding - their 50 partnership coming up in just 52 balls - including one over where they hit 20 off of some wayward bowling by [[w:Dilhara Fernando|Dilhara Fernando]]. But Styris fell 2 overs later to [[w:Tillakaratne Dilshan|Tillakaratne Dilshan]], followed by a New Zealand middle order collapse: going from 105/3 from 22 overs to 116/7 from 26. [[w:Craig McMillan|Craig McMillan]] hit a quick-fire 25, but just one ball after hitting a huge maximum he missed the ball, resulting in him being bowled out by [[w:Sanath Jayasuriya|Sanath Jayasuriya]]. [[w:Shane Bond|Bond]] fell soon after for [[w:Muttiah Muralitharan|Muralitharan]]'s 4th wicket, leaving New Zealand on the brink of being eliminated from the competition. [[w:James Franklin|Franklin]] and [[w:Jeetan Patel|Patel]] rebuilt and reached their 50 partnership in just 55 balls - which is a new record for a 10th wicket partnership for this World Cup - but Patel succumbed to trying to slog Dilshan over midwicket, but falling short and being caught by [[w:Dilhara Fernando|Fernando]] to finish New Zealand's resistance. Sri Lanka won in comfortable fashion by a margin of 81 runs.

'''Toss: '''Sri Lanka, who elected to bat first.

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{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[w:Mahela Jayawardene|Mahela Jayawardene]]|status=not out|runs=115|balls=109|4s=10|6s=3|strike_rate=105.50}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[w:Chamara Silva|Chamara Silva]]|status=lbw b Bond|runs=21|balls=33|4s=0|6s=1|strike_rate=63.63}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[w:Tillakaratne Dilshan|Tillakaratne Dilshan]]|status=lbw b Oram|runs=30|balls=27|4s=3|6s=0|strike_rate=111.11}}
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{{Cricket match batsman status|player='''Total'''|status=('''5 Wickets'''; 50 overs)|runs='''289'''|balls=|4s=26|6s=5|strike_rate=}}
{{Cricket match box end}}

'''Fall of wickets:''' 1-13 (Jayasuriya, 2.3 ov), 2-67 (Sangakkara, 13.1 ov), 3-111 (Tharanga, 25.1 ov), 4-152 (Silva, 34.3 ov), 5-233 (Dilshan, 45.1 ov)

'''Did not bat:''' [[w:Chaminda Vaas|Chaminda Vaas]], [[w:Lasith Malinga|Lasith Malinga]], [[w:Muttiah Muralitharan|Muttiah Muralitharan]], [[w:Dilhara Fernando|Dilhara Fernando]]

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{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[w:Shane Bond|Shane Bond]]|overs=10|maiden=1|runs=59|wickets=1|econ=5.90}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[w:Jacob Oram|Jacob Oram]]|overs=10|maiden=0|runs=60|wickets=1|econ=6.00}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[w:Daniel Vettori|Daniel Vettori]]|overs=10|maiden=0|runs=51|wickets=1|econ=5.10}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[w:Jeetan Patel|Jeetan Patel]]|overs=10|maiden=0|runs=62|wickets=0|econ=6.20}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[w:Scott Styris|Scott Styris]]|overs=1|maiden=0|runs=8|wickets=0|econ=8.00}}
{{Cricket match box end}}

{{Cricket match batting box begin|title=[[Image:Flag of New Zealand.svg|20px]] [[w:New Zealand national cricket team|New Zealand innings]] (Target: 290 runs from 50 overs)}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[w:Peter Fulton|Peter Fulton]]|status=c Silva b Jayasuriya|runs=46|balls=77|4s=2|6s=1|strike_rate=59.74}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[w:Stephen Fleming|Stephen Fleming]]|status=lbw b Malinga|runs=1|balls=4|4s=0|6s=0|strike_rate=25.00}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[w:Ross Taylor|Ross Taylor]]|status=lbw b Vaas|runs=9|balls=25|4s=1|6s=0|strike_rate=36.00}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[w:Scott Styris|Scott Styris]]|status=c Jayawardene b Dilshan|runs=37|balls=38|4s=2|6s=3|strike_rate=97.36}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[w:Jacob Orab|Jacob Oram]]|status=c & b Muralitharan|runs=3|balls=7|4s=0|6s=0|strike_rate=42.85}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[w:Brendon McCullum|Brendon McCullum]]|status=c Silva b Muralitharan|runs=0|balls=1|4s=0|6s=0|strike_rate=0.00}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[w:Craig McMillan|Craig McMillan]]|status=b Jayasuriya|runs=25|balls=20|4s=1|6s=2|strike_rate=125.00}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[w:Daniel Vettori|Daniel Vettori]]|status=lbw b Muralitharan|runs=0|balls=4|4s=0|6s=0|strike_rate=0.00}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[w:James Franklin|James Franklin]]|status=not out|runs=30|balls=38|4s=2|6s=0|strike_rate=78.94}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[w:Shane Bond|Shane Bond]]|status=b Muralitharan|runs=2|balls=4|4s=0|6s=0|strike_rate=50.00}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[w:Jeetan Patel|Jeetan Patel]]|status=c Fernando b Dilshan|runs=34|balls=38|4s=2|6s=1|strike_rate=89.47}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=Extras|status=(b 5; lb 2; w 8; nb 6)|runs=21|balls=|4s=|6s=|strike_rate=}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player='''Total'''|status=('''all out'''; 41.4 overs)|runs='''208'''|balls=|4s=10|6s=7|strike_rate=}}
{{Cricket match box end}}

'''Fall of wickets:''' 1-2 (Fleming, 1.3 ov), 2-32 (Taylor, 10.3 ov), 3-105 (Styris, 21.5 ov), 4-114 (Oram, 23.5 ov), 5-114 (McCullum, 23.6 ov), 6-115 (Fulton, 24.3 ov), 7-116 (Vettori, 25.4 ov), 8-144 (McMillan, 30.2 ov), 9-149 (Bond, 31.4 ov), 10-208 (Patel, 41.4 ov)

{{Cricket match bowling box begin|title=[[Image:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg|20px]] [[w:Sri Lanka national cricket team|Sri Lanka bowling]]}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[w:Chaminda Vaas|Chaminda Vaas]]|overs=8|maiden=1|runs=25|wickets=1|econ=3.12}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[w:Lasith Malinga|Lasith Malinga]]|overs=7|maiden=2|runs=21|wickets=1|econ=3.00}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[w:Dilhara Fernando|Dilhara Fernando]]|overs=5|maiden=0|runs=45|wickets=0|econ=9.00}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[w:Muttiah Muralitharan|Muttiah Muralitharan]]|overs=8|maiden=0|runs=31|wickets=4|econ=3.87}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[w:Sanath Jayasuriya|Sanath Jayasuriya]]|overs=9|maiden=0|runs=57|wickets=2|econ=6.33}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[w:Tillakaratne Dilshan|Tillakaratne Dilshan]]|overs=4.4|maiden=0|runs=22|wickets=2|econ=4.71}}
{{Cricket match box end}}

'''Sri Lanka:''' [[w:Upul Tharanga|W U Tharanga]], [[w:Sanath Jayasuriya|S T Jayasuriya]], [[w:Kumar Sangakkara|K C Sangakkara]] (wkt),  [[w:Mahela Jayawardene|D P M D Jayawardene]] (capt), [[w:Chamara Silva|L P C Silva]], [[w:Tillakaratne Dilshan|T M Dilshan]], [[w:Russel Arnold|R P Arnold]], [[w:Chaminda Vaas|W P U J C Vaas]], [[w:Lasith Malinga|S L Malinga]], [[w:Muttiah Muralitharan|M Muralitharan]], [[w:Dilhara Fernando|C R D Fernando]]<br>
'''New Zealand:''' [[w:Peter Fulton|P G Fulton]], [[w:Stephen Fleming|S P Fleming]] (capt), [[w:Ross Taylor|R L Taylor]], [[w:Scott Styris|S B Styris]], [[w:Craig McMillan|C D McMillan]], [[w:Jacob Oram|J D P Oram]], [[w:Brendon McCullum|B B McCullum]] (wkt), [[w:Daniel Vettori|D L Vettori]], [[w:James Franklin|J E C Franklin]], [[w:Shane Bond|S E Bond]], [[w:Jeetan Patel|J S Patel]]

'''Player of the match:''' [[w:Mahela Jayawardene|D P M D Jayawardene]] (Sri Lanka)

Umpires: [[w:Rudi Koertzen|R E Koertzen]] (South Africa) and [[w:Simon Taufel|S J A Taufel]] (Australia)<br>
TV umpire: [[w:Daryl Harper|D J Harper]] (Australia)<br>
Match referee: [[w:Mike Procter|M J Procter]] (South Africa)<br>
Reserve umpire: [[w:Asad Rauf|Asad Rauf]] (Pakistan)

== Sources ==
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Sri Lanka have progressed to the final of the 2007 Cricket World Cup. They posted 289-5 in their 50 overs against New Zealand in the first semi-final at Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica. Captain Mahela Jayawardene made his maiden century of the World Cup, making 115*, whilst Upul Tharanga reached 73 before being bowled by Vettori.

In response, New Zealand struggled to 32/2, losing captain Stephen Fleming for just 1 and Ross Taylor soon after for 9. Scott Styris and Peter Fulton began rebuilding - their 50 partnership coming up in just 52 balls - including one over where they hit 20 off of some wayward bowling by Dilhara Fernando. But Styris fell 2 overs later to Tillakaratne Dilshan, followed by a New Zealand middle order collapse: going from 105/3 from 22 overs to 116/7 from 26. Craig McMillan hit a quick-fire 25, but just one ball after hitting a huge maximum he missed the ball, resulting in him being bowled out by Sanath Jayasuriya. Bond fell soon after for Muralitharan's 4th wicket, leaving New Zealand on the brink of being eliminated from the competition. Franklin and Patel rebuilt and reached their 50 partnership in just 55 balls - which is a new record for a 10th wicket partnership for this World Cup - but Patel succumbed to trying to slog Dilshan over midwicket, but falling short and being caught by Fernando to finish New Zealand's resistance. Sri Lanka won in comfortable fashion by a margin of 81 runs.

'Toss: 'Sri Lanka, who elected to bat first.

'Fall of wickets:' 1-13 (Jayasuriya, 2.3 ov), 2-67 (Sangakkara, 13.1 ov), 3-111 (Tharanga, 25.1 ov), 4-152 (Silva, 34.3 ov), 5-233 (Dilshan, 45.1 ov)

'Did not bat:' Chaminda Vaas, Lasith Malinga, Muttiah Muralitharan, Dilhara Fernando


'Fall of wickets:' 1-2 (Fleming, 1.3 ov), 2-32 (Taylor, 10.3 ov), 3-105 (Styris, 21.5 ov), 4-114 (Oram, 23.5 ov), 5-114 (McCullum, 23.6 ov), 6-115 (Fulton, 24.3 ov), 7-116 (Vettori, 25.4 ov), 8-144 (McMillan, 30.2 ov), 9-149 (Bond, 31.4 ov), 10-208 (Patel, 41.4 ov)


'Sri Lanka:' W U Tharanga, S T Jayasuriya, K C Sangakkara (wkt),  D P M D Jayawardene (capt), L P C Silva, T M Dilshan, R P Arnold, W P U J C Vaas, S L Malinga, M Muralitharan, C R D Fernando
'New Zealand:' P G Fulton, S P Fleming (capt), R L Taylor, S B Styris, C D McMillan, J D P Oram, B B McCullum (wkt), D L Vettori, J E C Franklin, S E Bond, J S Patel

'Player of the match:' D P M D Jayawardene (Sri Lanka)

Umpires: R E Koertzen (South Africa) and S J A Taufel (Australia)
TV umpire: D J Harper (Australia)
Match referee: M J Procter (South Africa)
Reserve umpire: Asad Rauf (Pakistan)
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